India’s finance minister was asked these 10 questions and these were her answers

• The finance ministry has proposed to reduce import duty on diamonds and increase it on umbrellas.
• It is also looking to tax all digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and NFTs, at 30%.
• It has also announced initiatives for digital learning, mental health initiatives and more.
• You can see Business Insider’s budget coverage here.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the union budget of 2022 on Tuesday, threw light on new policies around taxation on digital currencies, special loans for hospitality and much more. The finance minister later hosted a post-budget press conference to give a glimpse into how these policies were generated and what thought went behind them.

These were 10 key questions that were raised in the post-budget press conference